Historical & comparative linguistics books

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A Medieval Karaite Pedagogical Grammar of Hebrew: A Critical Edition and English translation of Kitāb al-ʿUqūd fī Taṣārīf al-Luġa al-ʿIbrāniyya. Cambridge Genizah Studies Series, Volume 6

A Medieval Karaite Pedagogical Grammar of Hebrew: A...
Author: Nadia Vidro ISBN: 9789004262911 Format: Hardback	$678.48
Kitāb al-ʿUqūd fī Taṣārīf al-Luġa al-ʿIbrāniyya is the first Karaite... Read More >>

On Language Diversity and Relationship from Bibliander to Adelung

On Language Diversity and Relationship from Bibliander...
Author: George J. Metcalf , Toon Van Hal (University of Leuven) ISBN: 9789027246110 Format: Hardback	$227.70
Brings together the papers of the late George J Metcalf (1908-1994) that discuss the search for possible genetic... Read More >>

Fry's English Delight: Series 6

Fry's English Delight: Series 6
Author: Stephen Bly ISBN: 9781482945867 Format: Audio	$52.67
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Bees' Knees and Barmy Armies: Origins of the Words and Phrases We Use Every Day

Bees' Knees and Barmy Armies: Origins of the Words and...
Author: Harry Oliver ISBN: 9781306015530 Format: Electronic book text	$31.65
From stiff upper lip to stomping grounds, an amusing look at the history behind commonly-used words and phrases... Read More >>

Harvey Wallbangers and Tam O'Shanters: A Book of Eponyms: The People Who Inspired the Words We Use Every Day

Harvey Wallbangers and Tam O'Shanters: A Book of Eponyms:...
Author: Martin Hannan ISBN: 9781306015776 Format: Electronic book text	$31.65
From a Harvey Wallbanger to a Caesar Salad, this entertaining and informative book is packed with eponyms from across... Read More >>

Criminal Proceedings, Languages and the European Union: Linguistic and Legal Issues

Criminal Proceedings, Languages and the European Union:...
Author: Francesca Ruggieri ISBN: 9783642371516 Format: Hardback	$448.77
The book “Criminal proceedings, languages and the European Union: linguistic and legal issues” – the first attempt... Read More >>

In the Nameless Wood

In the Nameless Wood
Author: J. S. Ryan ISBN: 9783905703306 Format: Paperback	$38.81
Following in the footsteps of the previous publication, Tolkien's View: Windows into his World, Professor J.S. Ryan... Read More >>

Old Japanese: A Phonetic Reconstruction

Old Japanese: A Phonetic Reconstruction
Author: Marc Hideo Miyake ISBN: 9780415859912 Format: Paperback	$96.99
What did eighth-century Japanese sound like? How does one decode its complex script? This book provides the definitive... Read More >>

Grammaticalization and Language Change in Chinese: A formal view

Grammaticalization and Language Change in Chinese: A...
Author: Xiu-Zhi Zoe Wu ISBN: 9780415864558 Format: Paperback	$118.00
Grammaticalization and Language Change in Chinese illuminates how studies of language development and change provide... Read More >>

A History of the German Language Through Texts

A History of the German Language Through Texts
Author: Thomas Gloning , Christopher Young ISBN: 9780415862639 Format: Paperback	$118.00
Written in a lively and accessible style, the book looks at the history of German through a wide range of texts,... Read More >>

Abraham Ibn Ezra on Nativities and Continuous Horoscopy: A Parallel Hebrew-English Critical Edition of the Book of Nativities and the Book of Revolution. Abraham Ibn Ezra’s Astrological Writings, Volume 4

Abraham Ibn Ezra on Nativities and Continuous Horoscopy:...
Author: Shlomo Sela ISBN: 9789004258518 Format: Hardback	$778.80
This volume offers the first critical edition, accompanied with English translation and commentary, of Sefer ha-Moladot,... Read More >>

Words beginning with PE, PI, PU

Words beginning with PE, PI, PU
Author: Jaan Puhvel ISBN: 9783110318418 Format: Hardback	$517.50
The Hittite Etymological Dictionary is a comprehensive compendium of the vocabulary of Hittite, one of the great... Read More >>

Geschichte der böhmischen Sprache und ältern Literatur: Ganz umgearbeitete Ausgabe

Geschichte der böhmischen Sprache und ältern Literatur:...
Author: Joseph Dobrowsky ISBN: 9781108066013 Format: Paperback	$98.30
The Bohemian scholar Joseph Dobrowsky (1753–1829) first published this work in 1792. Reissued here is the revised... Read More >>

The Oxford Handbook of Language Evolution

The Oxford Handbook of Language Evolution
Author: Maggie Tallerman (Newcastle University) , Kathleen R. Gibson (University of Texas Houston) ISBN: 9780199679164 Format: Paperback	$80.95
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The Survey of Pidgin and Creole Languages: Survey Set: Three-volume Pack

The Survey of Pidgin and Creole Languages: Survey Set:...
Author: Susanne Michaelis , Philippe Maurer ISBN: 9780199691432 Format: Hardback	$905.62
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The Atlas and Survey of Pidgin and Creole Languages: Super Set: Four-volume Pack

The Atlas and Survey of Pidgin and Creole Languages:...
Author: Susanne Maria Michaelis , Philippe Maurer ISBN: 9780199677702 Format: Hardback	$1423.13
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The Survey of Pidgin and Creole Languages: Volume 2: Portuguese-based, Spanish-based, and French-based Languages

The Survey of Pidgin and Creole Languages: Volume 2:...
Author: Susanne Maria Michaelis (, Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology) , Philippe Maurer ISBN: 9780199691418 Format: Hardback	$479.95
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The Survey of Pidgin and Creole Languages: Volume 1: English-based and Dutch-based Languages

The Survey of Pidgin and Creole Languages: Volume 1:...
Author: Susanne Maria Michaelis (, Max Planck Insitute for Evolutionary Anthropology) , Philippe Maurer ISBN: 9780199691401 Format: Hardback	$409.95
The Atlas and three-volume Survey present by far the most comprehensive source of reference ever published on the... Read More >>

The Atlas of Pidgin and Creole Language Structures

The Atlas of Pidgin and Creole Language Structures
Author: Susanne Maria Michaelis (, Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology) , Philippe Maurer ISBN: 9780199691395 Format: Hardback	$687.95
The Atlas presents commentaries and colour maps showing how 130 linguistic features - phonological, syntactic, morphological,... Read More >>

The Survey of Pidgin and Creole Languages: Volume 3: Contact Languages Based on Languages from Africa, Asia, Australia, and the Americas

The Survey of Pidgin and Creole Languages: Volume 3:...
Author: Susanne Maria Michaelis (, Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology) , Philippe Maurer ISBN: 9780199691425 Format: Hardback	$323.95
The Atlas and three-volume Survey present by far the most comprehensive source of reference ever published on the... Read More >>

Susan Stebbing and the Language of Common Sense

Susan Stebbing and the Language of Common Sense
Author: Lecturer in English Language School of English Siobhan Chapman (University of Liverpool) ISBN: 9781299406162 Format: Electronic book text	$237.60
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The Typology of Parts of Speech Systems: The Markedness of Adjectives

The Typology of Parts of Speech Systems: The Markedness...
Author: David Beck ISBN: 9780415864992 Format: Paperback	$118.00
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The Oxford Handbook of Arabic Linguistics

The Oxford Handbook of Arabic Linguistics
Author: Jonathan Owens (Professor of Arabic Linguistics, Professor of Arabic Linguistics, University of Bayreuth) ISBN: 9780199764136 Format: Hardback	$567.60
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Red Herrings and White Elephants: The Origins of the Phrases We Use Every Day

Red Herrings and White Elephants: The Origins of the...
Author: Albert Jack ISBN: 9781306015417 Format: Electronic book text	$31.65
Have you ever wondered what phrases such as 'square meal', 'load of old codswallop', 'egg on your face' or 'in the... Read More >>

The Theory and Practice of Creole Grammar

The Theory and Practice of Creole Grammar
Author: J J Thomas ISBN: 9781492857273 Format: Paperback	$50.03
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